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'Arrow': Emily Bett Rickards Teases Major 'Olicity' Action and a Possible Lead on Walter

Everyone’s favorite IT girl Felicity Smoak hasn't had the best experiences going out in the field. But all that will hopefully change on Wednesday’s new episode of Arrow, "The Undertaking."
While "The Undertaking" features flashbacks of pre-island (and present douche) Oliver (Stephen Amell) as he boards the Queen’s Gambit for that fateful boat trip with his father Robert (Jamey Sheridan), as well as Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman). As Malcolm reveals to Robert painful details surrounding his wife's murder and how that shaped his plans for the Glades (meaning we will finally learn the details of his mysterious Undertaking scheme), Felicity will also get her chance to shine.
Emily Bett Rickards, the woman behind Team Arrow’s techie, revealed to Hollywood.com that while digging through a crooked accountant's laptop, Felicity discovers a transaction that could help Oliver find Walter. To confirm the lead, Felicity heads out into the field… hopefully with less bomb collars this time. "Since Episode 15 when she had the bomb collar on her neck, she’s done some training and become more fully involved," Rickards tells Hollywood.com. "She’s changed. When she goes out in the field in this episode, she volunteers because there is no other way for them to succeed or go on this mission unless she does go out in the field. There are no bomb collars, but she doesn’t know that. She uses her power of intellect."
"She’s playing a very dangerous game. I think we all like to play a dangerous game at some point," Rickards continues. "But she’s trying to do it in a very honest way and she’s trying to survive."
The catalyst that sends Felicity out in the field is her ongoing, always-present search for Walter, who has been missing (read: kidnapped after he asked one too many questions about The Undertaking) for months. "We’re getting closer to Walter. What does Felicity do in her spare time? She’s on her computer searching for Walter. She probably doesn’t leave the computer too often," Rickards says. "She comes across this new evidence in the midst of searching for someone else, but I don’t think it was an accident because her Walter radar is always turned on. She’s never stopped looking."
While Felicity is out in the field, she utters a line to Oliver that executive producer Marc Guggenheim tweeted out weeks ago that sent "Olicity" shippers into a tizzy: "It feels good having you inside me." When asked to provide some context for that innuendo-laden quote, Rickards just laughed. "Love that line. Oh my god, what is going on, right? So flirtatious," Rickards teases. "She has to severely cover from that line. It’s like word vomit. I think she almost threw up when she said that. It’s just the funniest line."
Felicity might be embarrassed after letting slip that line to Oliver now, but if she had known him pre-island – which we will finally get to see tonight in a flashback – she might not have been so inclined to get to know him. "I don’t think she would have liked him. I think she looks at people very judgmentally in the best sense of the word. She sees good things in people and sees whether or not the bad things are there," Rickards says. "I think there are certain things about pre-island Oliver that she wouldn’t have respected. She might have liked him and thought he was a complete babe and womanizer. There’s always that attraction. But what she wouldn’t have had for pre-island Oliver is her respect and she does have that for the hood and Oliver Queen post-island."
Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8 PM ET/PT on The CW.
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We’ve seen many different sides to Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) on Arrow. His island self: a scared, reformed party boy in over his head trying to survive in a nightmare situation. His post-island self: a tough, brutal warrior trying to clean up Starling City by taking down the corrupt and evil. His post-island façade: the face he shows his family and the public, a light, happy-go-lucky party boy with a darker edge. And now Oliver is about to show us a new, never-before-seen side: his pre-island self.
In this hot new clip of Thursday’s episode, "The Undertaking," we see just how much of a douche pre-island Oliver was… not that we didn’t already have an inkling. This is a guy who cheated on his girlfriend, Laurel (Katie Cassidy) with her sister, Sarah, which led to said sister’s death. Check out just how much pre-island Oliver sucked as he kisses Laurel goodbye — while Sarah sneaks on board the fateful yacht that will spark the events of The CW’s newest hit show.
Watching Moira (Susanna Thompson) try to talk Oliver out of leaving with his father Robert (Jamey Sheridan) in the flashback makes us wonder: Did Moira know about the Queen’s Gambit shipwreck before the Queen men set sail? We know she knew about the tampered boat after the fact, but would she really have let her son go if she knew he wouldn’t return? Or is Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) the real culprit behind the shipwreck? In the episode, Malcolm also reveals to Robert painful details surrounding his wife's murder, and how that shaped his plans for the Glades… meaning we will finally learn the details of his mysterious Undertaking scheme.
As if that wasn’t enough drama to keep you hooked, Thursday’s new episode also has Oliver finding it difficult to mend fences with Tommy (Colin Donnell) and Diggle (David Ramsey), so he instead focuses on crossing another name off the list. While digging through a crooked accountant's laptop, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) discovers a transaction that could help Oliver find Walter. To reconfirm the lead, Oliver gambles that Felicity can be counted on in the field for the first time. Meanwhile, Tommy stuns Laurel with the truth.
Arrow airs Wednesdays at 8 PM ET/PT on The CW.
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Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Sutton Foster took the stage together. No, they haven't teamed up for a Broadway show, a new television series, or a Modern Family/Bunheads crossover (which would be awesome). But the theater-loving stars came together Tuesday to announce the nominations for the 2013 Tony Awards. (They are the hosts for this year's show, after all, so it only made sense that these two would have the honors of making the big announcement.)
Check out which plays and actors are nominated for Tony Awards for their work on the stage this year.
2013 Tony Awards Nominations:
Best Play:The Assembled PartyLucky GuyThe Testament of MaryVanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Best Musical:Bring It On: The MusicalKinky BootsMatilda The MusicalA Christmas Story, The Musical
Best Book of a Musical:A Christmas Story, The MusicalKinky BootsMatilda The MusicalRodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Revival of a Play:Golden BoyOrphans The Trip to BountifulWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Best Revival of a Musical: AnnieThe Mystery of Edwin DroodPippinRodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play: Laurie Metcalf, The Other PlaceAmy Morton, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Kristine Nielsen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and SpikeHolland Taylor, AnnCicely Tyson, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Play: Tom Hanks, Lucky GuyNathan Lane, The NanceTracy Letts, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?David Hyde Pierce, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and SpikeTom Sturridge, Orphans
Best Original Score (Music and/or Lyrics) Written for the Theatre: A Christmas Story, The Musical Music and Lyrics: Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Hands on a Hardbody Music: Trey Anastasio and Amanda Green Lyrics: Amanda Green Kinky Boots Music &amp; Lyrics: Cyndi Lauper Matilda The Musical Music &amp; Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical: Stephanie J. Block, The Mystery of Edwin Drood Carolee Carmello, Scandalous Valisia LeKae, Motown The Musical Patina Miller, Pippin Laura Osnes, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Musical: Bertie Carvel, Matilda The Musical Santino Fontana, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella Rob McClure, Chaplin Billy Porter, Kinky Boots Stark Sands, Kinky Boots
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play: Carrie Coon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Shalita Grant, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Judith Ivey, The Heiress Judith Light, The Assembled Parties Condola Rashad, The Trip to Bountiful
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play:Danny Burstein, Golden Boy Richard Kind, The Big Knife Billy Magnussen, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Tony Shalhoub, Golden Boy Courtney B. Vance, Lucky Guy
Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Musical:Annaleigh Ashford, Kinky Boots Victoria Clark, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella Andrea Martin, Pippin Keala Settle, Hands on a Hardbody
Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical:Charl Brown, Motown The Musical Keith Carradine, Hands on a Hardbody Will Chase, The Mystery of Edwin Drood Gabriel Ebert, Matilda The Musical Terrence Mann, Pippin
Best Costume Design of a Play: Soutra Gilmour, Cyrano de Bergerac Ann Roth, The Nance Albert Wolsky, The Heiress Catherine Zuber, Golden Boy
Best Costume Design of a Musical: Gregg Barnes, Kinky Boots Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical Dominique Lemieux, Pippin William Ivey Long, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Direction of a Play:Pam MacKinnon, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Nicholas Martin, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Bartlett Sher, Golden Boy George C. Wolfe, Lucky Guy
Best Direction of a Musical:Scott Ellis, The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots Diane Paulus, Pippin Matthew Warchus, Matilda The Musical
Best Choreography:Andy Blankenbuehler, Bring It On: The Musical Peter Darling, Matilda The Musical Jerry Mitchell, Kinky Boots Chet Walker, Pippin
Best Orchestrations:Chris Nightingale, Matilda The Musical Stephen Oremus, Kinky Boots Ethan Popp &amp; Bryan Crook, Motown The Musical Danny Troob, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Best Scenic Design of a Play:John Lee Beatty, The Nance Santo Loquasto, The Assembled Parties David Rockwell, Lucky Guy Michael Yeargan, Golden Boy
Best Scenic Design of a Musical:Rob Howell, Matilda The Musical Anna Louizos, The Mystery of Edwin Drood Scott Pask, Pippin David Rockwell, Kinky Boots
Best Lighting Design of a Play: Jules Fisher &amp; Peggy Eisenhauer, Lucky Guy Donald Holder, Golden Boy Jennifer Tipton, The Testament of Mary Japhy Weideman, The Nance
Best Lighting Design of a Musical:Kenneth Posner, Kinky Boots Kenneth Posner, Pippin Kenneth Posner, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella Hugh Vanstone, Matilda The Musical
Best Sound Design of a Play:John Gromada, The Trip to Bountiful Mel Mercier, The Testament of Mary Leon Rothenberg, The Nance Peter John Still and Marc Salzberg, Golden Boy
Best Sound Design of a Musical:Jonathan Deans &amp; Garth Helm, Pippin Peter Hylenski, Motown The Musical John Shivers, Kinky Boots Nevin Steinberg, Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre:Bernard GerstenPaul LibinMing Cho Lee
Regional Theatre Award:Huntington Theatre Company, Boston, MA
Isabelle Stevenson Award:Larry Kramer
Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre:Career Trainsition For DancersWilliam CraverPeter LawrenceThe Lost ColonyThe four actresses who created the title role of Matilda The Musical on Broadway: Sophia Gennusa, Oona Laurence, Bailey Ryon, and Milly Shapiro
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We’ve been warning you for weeks that s**t’s about to get crazy on Arrow, and here's your proof! In these first look photos from the season 1 finale, "Sacrifice," we see Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman) gloating alongside a chained-up Oliver (Stephen Amell), who's been de-hooded and de-shirted. What is going on?!
Thankfully, the muscle behind the vigilante, Amell, sat down with a small group of reporters to discuss the jam-packed, intense season finale of Arrow and to shine a little light on these spoilery photos. Turns out, Oliver’s secret won’t stay a secret much longer thanks to his arch enemy, Malcolm, a.k.a. The Dark Archer.
“I start the season finale chained up and left for dead,” Amell reveals. “I am chained up by Mr. Barrowman [aka Malcolm Merlyn]. Now, in the photos he is not wearing a mask and neither am I, although I don’t ever wear a mask. Everything is out in the open between us.”
You read that right: Malcolm and Oliver will learn the truth about each other, bow-and-arrow secrets and all. Needless to say, Ollie's got different attitude toward the elder Merlyn than he did in episode 16 when he encouraged his then-best friend Tommy (Colin Donnell) to give his father a chance.
"Oliver, we saw in Episode 16, actually encouraged Tommy to develop a relationship with his father. He doesn’t know anything about Malcolm Merlyn other than maybe he could be a better dad," Amell says. "He certainly doesn’t suspect anything to the effect of him being slightly evil, let alone the other archer."
Once Oliver learns Malcolm's other identity, some major drama will go down. "I think Oliver will support [Tommy working for Malcolm] because ultimately Oliver wants Tommy to be happy and he wants him to stand on his own," Amell adds. "Should he come to learn anything about Tommy’s father, he may feel differently."
That's an understatement, and not the only drama going down in the season finale. When "Sacrifice" shoots onto our TV screens on May 15, Oliver and Diggle (David Ramsey) race to stop the Dark Archer from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a road block after Detective Lance (Paul Blackthorne) picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy and Oliver’s already tumultuous relationship takes a turn for the worse after Oliver makes a confession about Laurel (Katie Cassidy). After hearing of the danger in The Glades, Thea (Willa Holland) races to find Roy (Colton Haynes), inadvertently putting herself directly in the line of fire of Malcolm’s devious plan. On the island, Oliver, Slade (Manu Bennett) and Shado (Celina Jade) are locked in a life-or-death struggle against Fyers as his missiles lock on a full Ferris Air jetliner.
Check out two more first look photos from "Sacrifice" below:
Arrow airs on Wednesdays at 8 PM ET/PT on The CW.
Reporting by Leanne Aguilera
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Considering a good number of his cast mates from The Office found their way on to the first run of Arrested Development (including Ed Helms, Phyllis Smith, Craig Robinson, and Brian Baumgartner) it's only fair that John Krasinski, who spent years dealing with the craziness at Dunder Mifflin, should also get to experience the craziness of the Bluth Company. Now he's going to get that chance, and the timing could not be sweeter considering his nine-season run on NBC's The Office is about to come to a close for good when the series wraps on May 16.
According to Entertainment Weekly, Krasinski will join the continually impressive roster of guest stars on the upcoming fourth season of Arrested Development on Netflix. (Hollywood.com reached out to the actor's rep for confirmation, but they were not immediately available for comment on the casting news).
Krasinski will be among famous faces to appear on the new incarnation of AD, including Conan O'Brien, Kristen Wiig, John Slattery, Seth Rogen, Isla Fisher, and returning favorites like Andy Richter, Liza Minnelli, Ben Stiller, Carl Weathers, Scott Baio, and Ron Howard. Still no word on Steve Holt (Steve Holt!).
While there's no details about who Krasinski will play on the comedy (the show's creators are keeping everything awfully close to the vest... much like you would an illusion, Michael), if the guy can deal with Michael Scott for years, Michael Bluth will be a piece of cake. Well, unless he's on the Atkins Diet.
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If you've been keeping up with The Office's ninth and final season, here's some news guaranteed to make you smile: NBC just announced that an hour-long retrospective episode will air before the series finale. Get ready to relive the hilarity, awkwardness, and heartwarming stories from the past almost-decade!
The special episode will offer a look back at the past nine seasons, including actor auditions back when the show was first being cast, favorite moments, a behind-the-scenes sneak peak of the finale, as well as an emotional farewell to the characters of The Office. The retrospective will feature interviews with writers, producers, and actors, including executive producers Greg Daniels, Paul Lieberstein and Ben Silverman, and actors John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, Rainn Wilson, Mindy Kaling, Ed Helms, Angela Kinsey, Craig Robinson, Oscar Nunez and B.J. Novak.
The hour-long series finale will air immediately following the retrospective, and boasts an impressive lineup of guest stars including Kaling, Novak, Rachael Harris, Dakota Johnson, Joan Cusack, Ed Begley Jr., Malcolm Barrett, Matt Jones, Andy Buckley, Mike Schur, and Bobby Ray Shafer. The episode takes place months after the airing of the documentary, and the workers of Dunder Mifflin past and present gather for a wedding and a final round of interviews. "Mysteries are solved, hatchets are buried, pranks are prunked," promises the episode description.
Who will be saying "I do?" Will Jim and Pam finally get their happily ever after? Will Steve Carrell make a cameo? Watch the retrospective and series finale to find out, when both air on Thursday, May 16, from 8-10 PM ET/PT on NBC.
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I’ve got to be honest with you: when I first saw the promos for Wednesday night’s Supernatural, featuring the return of Felicia Day as hacker extraordinaire Charlie in a die-in-the-game-die-in-real-life kind of story, I thought the central storyline of closing the gates of hell was going to be put on pause for another week. While I expected a fun, quirky break from the heavy plot that’s been steering this season so far, I was a little bummed that we weren’t going to dive deeper into the main issues plaguing our favorite hunters this year. But I could not have been more wrong.
Sure, Charlie was back in all her geeky splendor, but in her third episode we finally got to know the real human behind the hacker with multiple fake identities. We learned her history, the sad and heartbreaking motivation behind her hacker ways, and the growth that will propel her forward into happier days (hopefully). And her presence also buoyed Dean and Sam into a hug that I’m not proud to say I paused and rewound more than I should have. But hey, when Winchesters hug, you cherish that moment! Cherish it!
What brought our favorite (still living) female on Supernatural back to Sam and Dean in their Men of Letters bunker? Charlie decided after her two brushes with the evil lurking out in the real world that she needed to learn how to be a hunter like the Winchesters. She found Carver Edlund/Chuck(/God?)’s book series/gospels about the Winchesters’ past, read up on all their history and hunting ways, found a case near where Sam and Dean’s cell phone signals were, and met up with them.
Seems like a new kind of Djinn – one that fed on fear – was turning people into jelly, and with Sam feeling under the weather thanks to the trials taking a physical toll on him, Dean teamed up with Charlie to take the Djinn down.
Yeah, you read that right: Dean and Sam were finally being honest and dealing with Sam’s physical issues in a mature way. Look how far these boys have come! I mean, sure, Sam didn’t exactly stay out of the hunting game for long, but at least they are both acknowledging that not everything is okay with Sam at the moment.
When Charlie stopped answering her phone, however, Sam and Dean knew something had to be wrong. They tracked her signal to a random apartment where they proceeded to find all of her fake passports and ID’s, and they realized they'd found Charlie’s real home. They followed some information to a coma patient in the hospital, and here’s where it got real: turns out, Charlie’s mom was the coma patient. Charlie was at a sleepover when she was 12, got scared, and called her parents to ask them to come pick her up. On the way to get her, a drunk driver hit their car and Charlie’s father died and her mother has been in a coma ever since. Charlie pays for all her medical bills, hoping against reason that she will wake up one day. Charlie blames herself for what happened.
When Dean realized this, he got into super-protective brother mode, found where the Djinn had captured Charlie, and both he and Sam killed the two Djinns. Unfortunately, Charlie was still stuck in her Djinn-induced fear dream, so Dean took some African dream root and joined her to help get her out. He convinced her to let go of her unrealistic hope that her mom would wake up so she could apologize and to stop blaming herself for what happened. Once she did that, they were able to escape the dream and make their way back to Sam.
Even though Charlie said goodbye to her mom in the dream, she still had to say a proper goodbye in reality. She went to her mother’s hospital room one last time, and read The Hobbit to her one last time (it was her childhood favorite). Such a bittersweet moment, but it was honest and necessary to make Charlie a real human being and less of a caricature.
Charlie and Dean’s goodbye scene was all-too perfect, and her situation reminded Dean once more how much his brother means to him. Instead of hounding Sam for not listening to him about taking it easy, Dean just went inside the Men of Letters bunker and hugged him. And with that one gesture, tears were streaming down my face. Damn you, Winchester brothers: you always know just the right way to make me cry!
Looks like we’re diving headfirst back into the trials next week, and we’ll finally find out what exactly happened to Kevin Tran! Until then, enjoy this week’s best quotes from "Pac-Man Fever."
— So, not a quote, but I was overjoyed when Charlie’s theme song, "Walking on Sunshine," made an appearance! Dean wasn’t having it, thought, and angrily shut it off when Charlie was trying to have a montage of trying on clothes. Come on Dean, everyone knows you have to have a good montage scene!
— Dean, about Sam’s crazy case of bed head: "Oof. I’m telling you, give me five minutes with some clippers and –"Sam: "Yeah, shut up."
— Dean, after Sam fails to catch a beer bottle: "It’s why we don’t have nice things, Sam."
— Dean: "Your Highness!"Charlie: "What’s up, bitches?"
— Charlie, after confessing she read all of Carver Edlund’s books: "Thanks for saving the world and stuff. And sorry you have zero luck with the ladies."Sam: "We need to find every single copy of those books and burn them."Charlie: "Well, they’re online now, so good luck with that."Dean: "Awesome."
— Dean: "Charlie, go talk to the witnesses."Charlie: "But I don’t want to miss the bro-ment."Dean: "Charlie!"
— Sam, about Charlie’s iPad: "I hate that thing. I want one."Charlie, about John Winchester’s journal: "I hate that thing. And I want one."
— Charlie: "I love you."Dean: "I know. "
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We’ve been waiting ever-so-(im)patiently for the return of the CW’s newest hit drama Arrow to return for the last four episodes of its freshman season, and tonight we will finally be rewarded. Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) and co. are back in "Home Invasion," and our favorite hooded vigilante has got a whole mess of problems with his family, his friends, and even his colleagues on Team Arrow.
We last left off with Ollie’s sister Thea (Willa Holland) teaming up with her new boyfriend Roy Harper (Colton Haynes) to track down the Hood, Ollie's mother Moira (Susanna Thompson) caught in the nefarious plans for The Undertaking of The Glades, his best friend Tommy (Colin Donnell) allying himself with his father Malcolm (John Barrowman) — aka the Dark Archer — and his partner Diggle (David Ramsey) out for revenge, Team Arrow be damned. Honestly, with friends and family like Oliver’s, who needs enemies?
Unfortunately, Starling City’s insidious underbelly doesn’t exactly see things that way, and Oliver will have a whole new slew of enemies to try and cross off his List tonight. First and foremost, Floyd Lawton — a.k.a. Deadshot — once again rears his one-eyed head, and according to everyone’s favorite IT girl Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards), Deadshot stirs up some trouble within Team Arrow and outside of the team.
"Dun dun dun, Deadshot! There is tension that happens between Diggle and Oliver when Deadshot comes into the case because whether or not you see him in each episode, Floyd Lawton is always on Diggle’s mind 100 percent," Rickards tells Hollywood.com. "He wants to get revenge. He cannot go on living with Deadshot there. And Felicity does not want to see Diggle get lost in that."
When Oliver doesn’t exactly see eye to eye with Diggle’s "blood quest" against Lawton, it’s up to Felicity to bring her two boys back together. "I see her as the point of this triangle and she’s going, 'Okay, you guys are individuals and you need to work this out,'" Rickards reveals. "In this episode, she’s trying to fuse together again the connection between the other two points of their triangle. It gets a little rocky, for lack of a better explanation."
Maybe if Deadshot was Team Arrow’s only concern in "Home Invasion," they would actually stand a chance to really work through their issues in a timely manner. But unfortunately for Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity, they will also have to deal with a new villain that presents a challenge they’ve never faced before.
Angel alum J. August Richards makes his debut tonight as Mr. Blank, an assassin who Richards doesn’t like to define in such black-and-white terms. "You call him a villain but I don’t think he sees himself that way, nor do I see him that way," Richards tells Hollywood.com. "He sees himself as a businessman who’s been hired to do a service. And beyond that, he has no sort of judgment behind it or not. He is an assassin who is brought in to keep a few witnesses quiet and he is very serious about what he does for a living."
While any normal assassin wouldn’t present major challenges to Oliver and company, Mr. Blank has a special talent that makes Team Arrow’s job much harder than usual. "He lives his whole life to be invisible so that he can creep out of the shadows to take people out and then creep right back in," Richards reveals. "He’s not easy to track down. He’s a master of disguise without ever changing his costume. That’s how good this guy is."
And what’s scarier than his talent for disappearing is his "dead in the eyes" personality. "This character has no empathy for people at all. He might understand human emotions but he doesn’t understand yours or how you’re feeling. That doesn’t even cross his radar," Richards explains. "However, he is one of those people that can read the emotional temperature of a room easily. He is very connected to spaces and the emotional temperature of rooms, but not to people at all. I call him a sociopathic Nate Berkus."
With his sociopathic nature and penchant for hiding, it sounds like Mr. Blank will present challenges both to Oliver and Felicity. "He’s a villain like I don’t think we have ever seen before," Richards teases. "He creeps in and out of places innocuously and I think that makes it very difficult for Oliver to spot him. And who says that Oliver does stop him?"
On that ominious note, we’re left to wonder if we’ll see more of Richards’ Mr. Blank in the future… perhaps Season 2? "I don’t know [about being back]. I think we’ll have to wait and see," Richards teases. "But I will say this: I had an absolute ball working on the show. I love the crew, the cast, and it was an amazing experience."
One character we know for sure we’ll be seeing more of is Felicity, thanks to her promotion to series regular. Rickards was "elated" when she heard the news she would be sticking around Arrow in a larger capacity. "It’s huge news for me and for Felicity. I get to spend more time with her and more time with this awesome cast that I’ve become really good friends with," Rickards says. "If I had to say goodbye to Felicity that would be heartbreaking."
Saying goodbye to Felicity would be heartbreaking for fans as well, thanks to the dedicated army of "Olicity" shippers hoping to see Oliver and Felicity get together romantically. "She’s got this hunk of a superhero on her hands. That’s kind of the dream," Rickards says. "I think what the audience really loves is the tension. Felicity does too. That’s a natural thing for her. But I don’t know, I’m not the writers! I don’t even think they know where it’s going to go. They just burn through storyline like crazy."
While Rickards may not be able to predict if/when Olicity might happen, she does understand the why fans are so connected to the pairing of Oliver and Felicity. "I think what we do get to see is her admiration for Oliver and his admiration for her and their love for each other," Rickards explains. "The more you get to know someone on that level, the more connected you are to them. And the friendship keeps growing, that family-like feeling, that love-like feeling between her and Diggle, her and Oliver, and Oliver and Diggle."
Tune in to see that friendship between Oliver, Diggle, and Felicity tested when Deadshot and Mr. Blank enter the scene on Arrow tonight at 8 PM ET/PT on The CW.
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For us hardcore Trekkers, it's been awhile since we've been able to sink our teeth into a really meaty, story-driven Star Trek game. But no worries. The makers of Star Trek: The Game, available now for PS3, Xbox 360, and for PC, have heard your frantic cries for more immersive 23rd-century gaming and delivered. "We’re gamers here and we’ve played every Star Trek game that’s come out," says Brian Miller, the Senior Vice President at Paramount who oversees the whole Star Trek franchise.
The game designers recognized they had a void to fill despite the fact that there’s an amazing legacy of Trek gaming that includes such fantastic title as 2000's Klingon Academy and DS9: The Fallen and 2002's Bridge Commander. "Some of our team here at Paramount had worked on previous games such as Bridge Commander and Klingon Academy," Miller says. So the development team was very concerned about not repeating themselves and giving players a wholly new gameplay experience — and one that ties into this summer’s most anticipated blockbuster, Star Trek Into Darkness.
How does the latest Federation-endorsed game stand apart from the crowd? Here are 8 things about Star Trek: The Game that you've never been able to experience before... or at least haven't experienced in a really long time:
1. You Get to Play as Kirk and Spock! — Believe it or not, this is something you haven't been able to do in a Star Trek videogame since 1992's Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and 1993's Star Trek: Judgment Rites. "Those were point and click games where you would play as various characters," Miller says. "What we wanted to do with our game was give the player the opportunity to finally become Kirk and Spock. And, to this point, that really hasn't been possible yet."
2. It was Developed in Conjunction with the Movie Production — Star Trek: Hidden Evil was a semi-sequel to Star Trek: Insurrection and Starfleet Command III allowed you to pilot the ship commanded by Tom Hardy's villain Praetor Shinzon in Star Trek: Nemesis, but beyond that there hasn't been much integration between the games and the movies. It actually calls into question the canonicity of some of the previous console and PC titles. However, Miller says that's not the case with Star Trek: The Game: "We worked with the filmmakers to make sure that the story was canon and fit in with what's been created in the two films. We also had to make sure that the resolution of the game's plot would in no way interfere with Into Darkness, but those who pay close attention will notice a few callbacks and nods between our game and the new film."
3. It Has an Original Musical Score — Composer Michael Giacchino and his team collaborated on the music for Star Trek: The Game just like they did on Into Darkness, as if they were composing and arranging for a movie.
4. The Entire Movie Cast Lends Their Voices — Now, mind you, 2006's Star Trek: Legacy featured the voices of all the captains (William Shatner, Patrick Stewart, Avery Brooks, Kate Mulgrew, and Scott Bakula), but no previous gaming project has reunited the entire cast of one film. "One thing that surprised us when we were developing the game, was the high level of enthusiasm of our actors," Miller says. "When we began approaching them about their participation they instantly wanted to be involved, but with one condition… they’d do it only if the whole cast was involved. The actual process of recording the actors was done on an individual basis over the span of several months. Since the crew of the Enterprise resides all over the world we had to do quite a bit of traveling in order to record everything we needed. Chris Pine was recorded in San Francisco, London and New York. Karl Urban was recorded in New Zealand and Simon Pegg did his sessions in his hometown of London."
5. You'll Get to Explore New Parts of the Enterprise — Unlike in the 2009 film you'll be able to explore crew quarters and the ship's mess. "We made sure all the in-game assets were 100% accurate," Miller says. "That includes the Enterprise model [used in the films] as well as all of the ship locations."
6. Scotty Gets Snarky — The Enterprise's chief engineer logged "research data entries" for many, many items on the ship. "For every item that you scan with your tricorder, you'll be treated to a somewhat accurate description of the item, as written by Scotty." There are also audio logs found throughout the game that diehard Trekkers will particularly appreciate. "Look for communicators hidden in the level and scan them with your tricorder to hear messages from the crew and new characters."
7. The Gorn Appears in the Flesh! — Or pixelated flesh, at least. Previous games like Starfleet Command and Klingon Academy have featured the Gorn, those hissing, reptilian baddies first seen in the classic Original Series episode "Arena," but only their ships. That scaly skin is hard to render! But they are the primary antagonists of Star Trek: The Game after they attack the New Vulcan colony, and you can get up close and personal with the cold-blooded foes themselves. "We really focused on expanding the Gorn speices – there are 15 different types of Gorn in the game, everything from Rushers, to Commanders, to females – all of which have never been seen before." In fact, the Gorn have proven such a challenge to Star Trek storytellers that they've only appeared in one episode other than their introduction in "Arena," the "In a Mirror Darkly" alternate-universe two-parter from Star Trek: Enterprise. There, the Gorn got a major CGI facelift, and that design was a definite influence on the game.
8. You'll Find Out What Happens When Spock Takes the Captain's Chair — We don't want to spoil exactly what happens, but Miller will tease this: "If you’re playing as Spock, take a seat in the Captain’s chair. See what Kirk has to say."
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You'd be hard pressed to have waded through the '90s without the occasional Divinyls number getting stuck in your head — the 1991 hit "I Touch Myself" being an especially prominent culprit in the pervasion of the American brain. As such, the timbers of Chrissy Amphlett, the band's lead singer, will forever hold residence between our ears, her vocals sure to pop up every so often at the slightest provocation (recollection of that famed Austin Powers scene, or simply just hearing the word "touch"). Tragically, Amphlett passed away on Sunday at the age of 53, following struggles with breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, as reported in a statement by her husband Charley Drayton, via The Huffington Post.
Drayton said, "Christine Joy Amphlett succumbed to the effects of breast cancer and multiple sclerosis, diseases she vigorously fought with exceptional bravery and dignity. Chrissy's light burns so very brightly. Hers was a life of passion and creativity. She always lived it to the fullest. With her force of character and vocal strength, she paved the way for strong, sexy, outspoken women."
Australia native Amphlett co-created the Divinyls in 1980, along with fellow musicians Mark McEntee and Jeremy Paul. Through the mid-'90s, the band released six albums, earning an especial popularity with their aforementioned hit "I Touch Myself." The group reconvened in 2006 after a 10-year hiatus, following their induction into the Australian Recording Industry Assocation Hall of Fame.
Several months after an Australian Rock Symphony performance, backed by a 30-piece orchestra, in Jan. 2010, Amphlett publicized her diagnosis with breast cancer.
In her final years, Amphlett lived in New York with her husband Drayton.
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